Van Johnson
Biography
Van Johnson (1916–2008) was an American film, television theatre and radio actor, singer, and dancer. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II.
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Known For
Acting History
2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy as Self
1996The Boy from Mercury as Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)
1995Roger Moore: A Matter of Class as Self (archive footage)
1992Three Days to a Kill as Comm. Howard
1992MGM: When the Lion Roars
1991Clowning Around as Mr. Ranthow
1991Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... as Self
1990Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One as Gen. McCailland
1990Flight from Paradise as Erzähler
1989Killer Crocodile as Judge
1988Going Hollywood: The War Years
1988Bacall on Bogart as Self
1988Down There in the Jungle as The professor
1988Taxi Killer as Captain
1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Art Bellasco
1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1985The Purple Rose of Cairo as Larry
1984Murder, She Wrote as Elliot Robinson
1984Murder, She Wrote as Daniel Hannigan
1984Murder, She Wrote as Daniel O'Brien
1982Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
1982Scorpion with Two Tails as Mulligan - Joan's father
1982Night of 100 Stars as Self
1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
1981Aloha Paradise
1980The Kidnapping of the President as Vice President Ethan Richards
1979From Corleone to Brooklyn as Lieutenant Sturges
1979Tales of the Unexpected as Gerry T. Armstrong
1979Concorde Affair as Captain Scott
1978Getting Married as Phil Lawrence
1978Black Beauty as Horace Tompkins
1978Superdome as Chip Green
1977The Love Boat as Bert Wilder
1977The Love Boat as Victor Moncrief
1976Quincy, M.E. as Al Ringerman
1976Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Marsh Goodwin
1976Rich Man, Poor Man as Marsh Goodwin
1975One Day at a Time as Gus Webster
1974That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
1974The Girl on the Late, Late Show as Johnny Leverett
1972Maude as Henry
1972Call Her Mom as President Hardgrove
1971Eye of the Spider as Prof. Orson Krüger
1971McMillan & Wife as Harry Jerome
1970San Francisco International as Lester Scott
1970The Don Knotts Show as Self
1970Company of Killers as Sam Cahill
1970McCloud
1970Nanny and the Professor
1969The Price of Power as President James A. Garfield
1969Love, American Style
1969Eagles Over London as Air Marshal George Taylor
1969The Extraordinary Seaman as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968Here's Lucy as Van Johnson
1968The Name of the Game as Sullivan
1968The Name of the Game as Jack Newell
1968Yours, Mine and Ours as Darrel Harrison
1968Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows as Father Chase: The 'In' Group
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)
1967Divorce American Style as Al Yearling
1966The Doomsday Flight as Capt. Anderson
1966Batman as The Minstrel
1964American in Paris as James Devlin
1964The Hollywood Palace as Self
1963Wives and Lovers as Bill Austin
1963Vacation Playhouse
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961Ben Casey
1960The Enemy General as Allan Lemaire
1959Subway in the Sky as Major Baxter Grant
1959The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Joe Robertson
1959Web of Evidence as Paul Mathry
1959The Last Blitzkrieg as Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson
1958The Ann Sothern Show as Terry Tyler
1957The Pied Piper of Hamelin as Pied Piper / Truson
1957Action of the Tiger as Carson
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1957Kelly and Me as Len Carmody
1957Slander as Scott Ethan Martin
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Frank Gilette
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
195623 Paces to Baker Street as Phillip Hannon
1956Miracle in the Rain as Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon
1956The Bottom of the Bottle as Donald Martin / Eric Bell
1955The End of the Affair as Maurice Bendrix
1954The Last Time I Saw Paris as Charles Wills
1954Brigadoon as Jeff Douglas
1954The Caine Mutiny as Lt. Stephen Maryk
1954Men of the Fighting Lady as Lt. Thayer
1954The Siege at Red River as Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday
1953Easy to Love as Ray Lloyd
1953Letter to Loretta as Self - Guest Host
1953Remains to Be Seen as Waldo Williams
1953The Oscars as Self
1953Confidentially Connie as Joe Bedloe
1953General Electric Theater as Jimmy Devlin
1952Plymouth Adventure as John Alden
1952Washington Story as Joseph T. Gresham
1952When in Rome as Father John X. Halligan
1952Invitation as Dan Pierce
1951Too Young to Kiss as Eric Wainwright
1951It's a Big Country as Rev. Adam Burch
1951I Love Lucy as Van Johnson
1951Go for Broke! as Lt. Michael Grayson
1951Three Guys Named Mike as Michael Lawrence
1951Grounds for Marriage as Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett
1950Duchess of Idaho as Dick Layne
1950The Big Hangover as David Maldon
1950What's My Line? as Self
1949Battleground as Holley
1949In the Good Old Summertime as Andrew Delby Larkin
1949Scene of the Crime as Mike Conovan
1949Mother Is a Freshman as Professor Richard Michaels
1949A Guy Named Joe as Ted Randall
1948Command Decision as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948State of the Union as Spike McManus
1948The Bride Goes Wild as Greg Rawlings
1947The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Henry Carson
1947High Barbaree as Alec Brooke
1946Till the Clouds Roll By as Bandleader in Elite Club
1946Easy to Wed as William "Bill" Stevens Chandler
1946No Leave, No Love as Michael Hanlon
1945Week-End at the Waldorf as James Hollis
1945Thrill of a Romance as Thomas Milvaine
1945Between Two Women as Dr. Randall Adams
1944Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Ted Lawson
1944Two Girls and a Sailor as John Dyckman Brown III
19443 Men in White as Dr. Randall Adams
1944The White Cliffs of Dover as Sam Bennett
1944Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
1943Madame Curie as Reporter
1943Pilot #5 as Everett Arnold
1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Dr. Randall Adams
1943The Human Comedy as Marcus Macauley
1942Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant as Dr. Randall Adams
1942Somewhere I'll Find You as Wade Hall
1942The War Against Mrs. Hadley as Michael Fitzpatrick
1942For the Common Defense! as Agent Pritchard
1942Murder in the Big House as Bert Bell
1942Personalities as (uncredited)
1940Too Many Girls as Chorus Boy